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Welcome to 1100 Pennsylvania, a newsletter devoted to President Donald Trump’s Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (and his other companies). President Trump, of course, still owns his businesses and can profit from them.

If you like what you see, tell someone—and support this work by paying for a subscription. If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, subscribe for yourself at zacheverson.substack.com.Questions? Read our FAQ/manifesto.Tips or feedback? Contact me, Zach Everson, securely via email at 1100Pennsylvania@protonmail.com or on Signal at 202.804.2744.

The hotel’s managing director, Mickael Damelincourt, is seen greeting Abubakar, who served as Nigeria’s vice president from 1999 through 2007. Atiku, in his fourth presidential campaign, is considered the underdog to the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, in February’s general election.

Grammy-award winning singer, Joy Villa, attended (and hung out in the hotel’s lobby beforehand) and shared this video of Pence’s remarks. Pence passed along greetings from the U.S. president and hotel owner.

“Those instances bring the total number of known conflicts of interest involving the Trump Organization to more than 1,400, two years into the Trump administration.”

CREW is the plaintiff in one emoluments lawsuit against President Trump and is serving as co-counsel in the D.C. and Maryland attorneys general’s suit.

Key findings from the report:

At least “12 foreign governments that have made payments to Trump properties during his first two years in office.”

“53 U.S. senators and representatives made more than 90 visits to Trump properties during his second year in office.”

“More than 150 political committees, including campaigns and party committees, have spent nearly $5 million at Trump businesses.”

“Over the past year, President Trump made 118 visits to properties he still profits from in office, bringing his two-year total to 281 visits.”

“President Trump attended 13 political events that were held at his properties during his second year in office and dropped by to greet attendees at a fourteenth. Vice President Pence attended nine political events at Trump properties over this period.”

House committee chair threatens GSA with subpoena over lease info

The new chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee warned Thursday he could subpoena the General Services Administration if it doesn’t provide information about the Trump International Hotel’s lease of the Old Post Office building in Washington.

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said in an interview that he wants the GSA to answer questions after an inspector general report released Wednesday found that agency lawyers ignored constitutional concerns about President Donald Trump’s possible conflicts of interest when it allowed the luxury hotel to keep its lease after Trump was sworn in.

Individual capacity—On Dec. 14, Trump’s personal attorneys appealed the denial of their motion to dismiss the case, also to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. On Dec. 19, the AGs replied to Trump’s motion for a stay pending that appeal by voluntarily dismissing the claims against Trump in his “individual capacity to allow the claims against President Trump in his official capacity to move forward expeditiously.” (The AGs only brought suit against Trump in his individual capacity after the judge suggested they do so.) Trump’s personal attorneys, on Dec. 21, opposed the motion to dismiss at the district level, saying the appeals court now has jurisdiction and accusing the AGs of “gamesmanship.”

One thing that has nothing to do with Trump’s businesses (I think, tough to tell sometimes!)

Thanks for reading. If you like what you saw, tell someone—and support this work by paying for a subscription. If you’ve been forwarded this newsletter, subscribe for yourself at zacheverson.substack.com.Questions? Read our FAQ/manifesto.Tips or feedback? Contact me, Zach Everson, securely via email at 1100Pennsylvania@protonmail.com or on Signal at 202.804.2744.